Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-15

and the evenings spent thereat have been
decidedly pleasant. Tonight the attend
ance will be larger than ever and many
new featured will be presented. The
contests for special prizes are exciting
and interesting.
An unheralded cold wave has been with
us turing the past twenty-four hours
and vegetation is looking somewhat
down In the mouth. The mercury this
morning was down to thirty. four-not o
good growing figure.
Why as it that the small boy does not
go swimming? Every year in the his
tory of this city. boys have 'swum"
at an earlier date than this. One boy
tried it yesterday, and his toes are
yet blue, so cold was the water.
The Yankton insurance company has
not yet received full returns of its losses
by the late extensive prairie fires in Da-
kota, but its losses will be paid without
inconvenience. VIM. Warrington is act
ing as adjuster for the company.
A week has passed without any new
cases Of scarlet fever in our city and
those now sick are having the disease in
a mild form. These circumstances en-,
courage the belief that the epidemic has
had Its run and is now disappearing.
A physician reports a decrease in the
cases of scarlet fever, and advances the
opinion that the warm weather o. last
week did considerable toward breaking
up the c%ontagion. The attendance up
on the city schools is slightly inores-
ing.
Rev. j. r. Herrick, of Vermillion, will
occupy the pulpit of the Congregational
ohurch.e Yankton Sunday next, DIR
Herrick has addressed q Yankton aud
lenoe once before and his Sunday
hearers will be numerous. No Sunday
school service will be held.
The Yankton Herald remarks. in 6
fraternal way: 1.-THE Press and Dako
taisa managers have fitted up new ed
itoral rooms in the top story of thei
building. The Herald takes pride i,
noting the prosperity of every iBstltu
tion that belongs to Yankton or labor
for the advancement Of Dakota, and it i
a fact that old r. s. =. is now one of tn,
best equipped daily newspapers in th
territory"
The $1,000 for which C.J. B. Harri
sold the forty acres near the fair ground
to Hoole, Stoddard Il Heath, of Siou,
City, a sreceived by Mr.. Harris o n Tues
day night and the deal is closed. Thi
completes payments ON the list OF larg
real estatesdeals which have been close
in this city since the first Of March an
reference to the register of deeds record
will reveal the fact ell the sales reporte
are bona Jfde.
The Y. O. Il. 3. of Yankton colleG
meets, IN regular session this evenin
in the college chapel. An interestin
programme has been prepared, amor
the numbers of which is recorded a du'
, by Messrs Trip and Gale, entitled "Tl
Cows are in the Corn" r. s.. Coole
! and James 81. Otis will givesan Amer
can version of Tyrolese warbllng. Gu
tsY g. Wenzlof will accompany I'll
yocalists on the organ.
, The Missouri river has risen about OF
foot gradually since the first OF ID
4 week. This rise is accounted for
b being a supply of water furnished
y the melting of snow in the valleys o.
low lands OF Che country northwa
where there has not yet been much Wal
"a weather. The river at Yapkton ls no
h bat very little above low water, mark
which stage it was left when the 10
N went out. River men express 7
10 opinion that the water will rem
sr about as it is now until the June rise
Alta meeting of the directors OF
"a Masonic aid association of Dakota b.
t. on Tuesday. April 18th, the follows
officers were elected: l.. B. fren'
d, president; Geo. a. Hand, vice preside